International News

Monday 26 February 2018

John L Allen Jr, CruxNow

After one of the bloodiest weeks of aerial bombardment in Syria’s long-running conflict, Pope Francis on Sunday issued a strong appeal for an end to the violence ‘without delay,’ calling what’s happening ‘inhuman.’

Thursday 22 February 2018

David Halliday, Media and Communications Office

It was a cold and clear night in November 2004 when I attended one of Billy Graham’s last ever crusades. A crowd of around 60,000 had packed out an outdoor stadium in San Diego to hear the legendary preacher.

Monday 26 February 2018

Peter W. Sheehan, Australian Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting

This American superhero film is based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, and is the eighteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It tells the story of T'Challa, Black Panther, who returns home to mythical Wakanda, his home country in East Africa, to assume his rightful place as King. His throne is threatened by factions in his country, and the conflict has global consequences. Events occur after those of "Captain America: Civil War" (2016).

Friday 23 February 2018

Emily Dagostino, America Magazine

My son and I are driving to pick up my daughter from preschool, passing houses with icicles the size of trucks hanging from the gutters. To our west, as we cross an overpass above the highway, the sky is starting to weep with pink as the sun begins to set.